Senate President, David Mark says Nigeria should never relinquish a foot of its territory to any country again.
Senator Mark was reacting to a point of order by Senate leader Victor Ndoma-Egba which drew attention to fears that some Nigerian communities along the border lines could end up ceded to neighbouring countries following a delineation exercise by the international community.
Victor Ndoma-Egba, said: “Amongst my constituents the fear that at the end of the exercise we would be loosing not just communities but a number of communities to the Cameroun’s.”
The communities at risk stretch from the south to the country in Akwa Ibom and Cross River states to the north where Nigeria shares a common border with Cameroun, Niger and Chad.
Cameroun dragged Nigeria to the International Court of Justice at the Hague over the disputed Bakassi Peninsula.
Nigeria lost the case in 2002, which resulted in the ceding of the peninsula to Cameroun creating humanitarian crisis and Senator David Mark does not want a repeat of that situation.
He said, “We will not cede a millimetre of our land to any country irrespective of who is supervising it whether it is United Nations or AU or any organization.”
At the moment, hundreds of Nigerian citizens are taking refuge in Cameroun as a result of relentless attacks from Boko Haram insurgents.
Senator Mark wants a motion on the matter brought before the Senate on the next legislative date.